Chapter One to Three Flashcards
Marketing
the activity for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that benefit the organization, the stakeholders and the society at large
Market
people with desire and ability to buy a specific product
What are the four P’s of the marketing mix
Product, Price, Place, Promotion
Social Marketing
Marketing designed to influence the behaviour of individuals in which benefits of the behaviour accrue to the individuals not the marketer
Ultimate consumers
People who use the goods and services purchased for a household
Organizational buyers
Those manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers and government agencies that buy goods and services for their own use or for resale
Requirements for marketing to occur
Two or more parties with unsatisfied needs, desire and ability to satisfy those needs, a way for those parties to communicate, and something to exchange
Who markets?
Every organization
What is marketed?
Goods, services, ideas and experiences
Who buys and uses what is marketed?
Ultimate consumer and Organizational buyers
Who benefits from marketing?
The consumers who buy, the organization that sell, and the society as a whole
What factors influence marketing?
Other organizations, suppliers, shareholders, customers, and the environmental factors.
What are the environmental factors? (uncontrollable)
Social, economic, cultural, competitive and regulatory
What is a target market?
A group with a desire to fill
What are the stages of evolution of North American business?
Production era, Sales, Market concept, Market orientation, Customer experience and social media
Production era
They made as many goods as possible because goods were scarce
Sales Era
Discovery that they could produce more than they could sell, growing competition
Market Concept
Organization striving to satisfy the needs of the customers
Market orientation
continuously collecting information, sharing the information throughout the organization and using the info to create value.
Customer Experience Era
Learned that they must provide good customer service
Ethics
the moral principles and values that govern the actions and the decision of an individual or group
What is an organization?
a legal entity of people who share a common mission
Profit
money left after the firms total expenses
Strategy
long term course of action
Structure of organizations
Corporate level (board of directors), Business unit level, and functional level (departments)
Organizational foundation
core values, mission and organizational culture
Organizational direction
business, goals
Organizational Strategies
By level : corporate, sub and functional By offering : Products, service, idea and experience
Core values
an organizations core values are the principles that guide its conduct